I'm considering burying a St. Joseph Statue when I list my house for Sale

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It this considered ok. I’ve heard good and bad things about it. It says your supposed to bury him upsidedown facing the house. Honestly it sounds kind of weird to me but at this point I need all the help I can get to get rid of my house.
 
This is a superstitious practice, not a devotional or sacramental use of a St. Joseph statue.

Frankly, it borders on sacriligious, particularly if it is a blessed statue.
 
We bought one, and did the devotional prayers that came with it. The kit said burying it is superstitious, but that it should be displayed prominently in the home at all times and the prayers should be recited daily. In our case, we realized within several months that we should not be attempting to sell the house at that time, so we took it off the market. However, for us that was still a swift answer to prayer, because we had more peace after unlisting it, and the prayers constantly reminded us to be seeking God’s will in all of this.
So I would buy one of the nice kits, say the prayers, and display the statue prominently. But please don’t bury the statue. Ours was a little plastic one and now our children love to hold it and look at it and we tell them about St. Joseph and how much he loves them and how he will pray for us to do God’s will.🙂
 
It is a superstition. Say a prayer to St. Joseph that your house might cell, Find a parish in your area\state named after St. Joseph and have a Mass said for your intention.

Those are valid and Catholic.

Burying a statue is not.

When we sold our house (at the bottom of the Real Estate Bust) we had a priest friend who was in the Holy Land. He said a Mass for our Intention at the Carpentry of St. Joseph in Nazareth.

We sold it in about a week 🙂
 
When we bought our house, the previous owners came and dug up a St. Joseph statue from beneath the peony bushes!

Actually, I thought it was kind of cool.
 
I did this but in a potted plant on out balcony. My kit said that the statue should be in your next home and have it in view so you can see it everyday!
 
I am pretty sure the USCCB has said the burying of the statute is superstitious and wrong because no only is it suggesting luck but it implies that you think you have some sort power over Saint Joseph by burying a statue of him and then taking it out once you get what you want - although I suspect most people are just following folklore and don’t actually think of it this way. I am not sure what the devotional in the kit entails but doing a 9 day novena to Saint Joseph is probably the most spiritually sound thing to do.
 
As one who is devoted to St. Joseph I find this somewhat offensive for a few different reasons. If we were friends and you told me you were going to do this I would advise you not to do anything like it, at all, ever. If you said you did do it I would probably be upset with you, quite literally.

God bless you in all your life -

Zachary
 
It would be far more effective to list the house at the right price, furnish it sparingly and neatly, and bake bread to give the house a nice smell. 🙂
 
Seems superstitious to me. Pray for St Joe’s intercession for the sale of the house, if you feel a close connection to him.
 
1ke said:
This is a superstitious practice, not a devotional or sacramental use of a St. Joseph statue.

Frankly, it borders on sacriligious, particularly if it is a blessed statue.
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This, and the others that agree with it.

It is fine and even praiseworthy to ask the saints to make intercessions with you for your real needs, OP, but don’t let someone talk you into acting as if you have magical powers over the saints. Pray, and prepare the house so that the greatest number of buyers will find it attractive.

Good luck, OP!
 
Well I bought the statue and the nuns where I bought it didn’t think is was bad to bury the guy but I’ll compromise and have it blessed and leave in on display with daily prayers. That seems like a good compromise between traditional. For myself I don’t think St. Joseph can appreciate being burried anyway. I’d resent it if I were him…lol
 
Luvz2travel said:
Well I bought the statue and the nuns where I bought it didn’t think is was bad to bury the guy but I’ll compromise and have it blessed and leave in on display with daily prayers. That seems like a good compromise between traditional. For myself I don’t think St. Joseph can appreciate being burried anyway. I’d resent it if I were him…lol
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Does anyone know how this started?

It evolved from a practice used by St Andre Bessette.

St Andre buried St Joseph Medals on a piece of property he hoped to have donated to The Church so he could build a shrine to St Joseph.

He prayed every day. He got the property and built the shrine.
 
LSK said:
Does anyone know how this started?

It evolved from a practice used by St Andre Bessette.

St Andre buried St Joseph Medals on a piece of property he hoped to have donated to The Church so he could build a shrine to St Joseph.

He prayed every day. He got the property and built the shrine.
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Which is really quite different than what the silly superstitious practice became.
 
Vianneyizer said:
As one who is devoted to St. Joseph I find this somewhat offensive for a few different reasons. If we were friends and you told me you were going to do this I would advise you not to do anything like it, at all, ever. If you said you did do it I would probably be upset with you, quite literally.

God bless you in all your life -

Zachary
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Do you have a link to this?

If the church forbids it then I’m on board with their teaching. But from what I have said, they don’t agree or disagree with the burying
 
Seatuck said:
Which is really quite different than what the silly superstitious practice became.
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How is it different? Unless you think a statue is worthy of worship, it has not difference than a medal
 
CatholicSooner said:
How is it different? Unless you think a statue is worthy of worship, it has not difference than a medal
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A medal which should be blessed is considered a sacramental burying a St. Joseph statue to sell a house is not.
 
KP3243 said:
A medal which should be blessed is considered a sacramental burying a St. Joseph statue to sell a house is not.
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I meant the difference b/t burying a medal and burying a statue, as someone said St. Bessette did
 
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